desanimar
[d̪esaniˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“desanimar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #56,953 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #56,953
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desanimar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esaniˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,953 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “desanimar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for desanimar is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esaniˈmaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,953 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for desanimar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is desanimar, spelled D-E-S-A-N-I-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “desanimar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-S-A-N-I-M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪esaniˈmaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.